Technology developments in ocean energy Jose Luis Villate Marine Energy Manager TECNALIA Marine Renewable Information Day Paris, 5th March 2012
Content About Tecnalia About the EU-OEA Ocean Energy Technology Development European R+D initiatives Conclusions
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Focus on Marine Renewable Energy Offshore Wind Wave Energy New concepts for electric generators aiming at high power solutions. High power and more reliable Power Converters. Materials for the marine environment. Floating platforms and mooring systems. Hydrodynamic analysis and performance of wave energy converters. Design of mooring systems and umbilical/dynamic cables. Power Take-Off and control systems.
Marine Renewable Energy: Horizontal activities New concepts in HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) solutions. Submarine electrical interconnection devices Analysis of power quality and grid codes. Environmental impact studies and environmental monitoring. Marine Spatial Planning Resource evaluation and site assessment. Operational oceanography and meteorology. Grid connection and integration of marine energy parks Resource and environment
About EU-OEA Established in 2006-90+ members strong 5 Lead Sponsors Alstom, DCNS, EDF, EVE, E-ON 6 Associations WavEC (PT), RenewableUK (UK), APPA (ES), OWEMES (IT), MRIA (IE), Alliance for Offshore Renewables (DK) Goals & Objectives: To strengthen coordination & development of OE sector in EU To ensure the sector s best interest is represented within EC & EP To ensure the sector s potential is reflected in European policies
EU-OEA: 2012 key Priorities Policy actions Policy dossiers NER 300 Research Priorities for FP7 & HORIZON 2020 SET Plan review MS position paper Materials roadmap National Associations Network in EU-OEA Build strong relationships with National Associations DG Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Communications on Ocean Power needs
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Ocean Energy Technology Development Ocean Energy Tidal Rise & Fall Tidal/ocean Currents Waves Salinity Gradient Thermal Gradient
Maturity of Technologies
Benefits of Ocean Energy Industry Creation By 2050 ocean energy could have 240 GW of installed capacity, generating 552 TWh at a competitive cost By 2050 ocean energy could have attracted global investment of US$ 1.3 trillion, generating 210,000 direct jobs Low Carbon By 2050 ocean energy could save 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions Other Products In addition to the production of electricity, ocean energy technologies are also able to produce other useful products such as fresh drinking water through desalination Remote Communities In some remote coastal areas, ocean energy technologies could supply locally produced energy that is both low carbon and competitively priced.
Challenges of Ocean Energy Policy Environment Policy frameworks with specific regulations and consenting processes International guidelines and standards Industry Development Strategic supply chain planning and infrastructure development Technical and professional workforce training and development Market Development Tariff support mechanisms, electricity market and grid access Technology Development R&D oriented to cost reduction Demonstration and testing facilities Environmental Effects Understanding of baseline environment Strategic environmental research by sharing of environmental data Planning Framework Marine Spatial Planning
European Test Facilities Marine Institute (Galway, Irlanda) EMEC (Orkney, UK) Conexión a Red Centro de Datos Subestación propia Videovigilancia Cables submarinos EMEC Boya Oleaje Amarre WEC ZONA PILOTO (Portugal) WAVE HUB (Cornwall, UK)
Biscay Marine Energy Platform bimep Marine Energy projects Infrastructure for research, demonstration and operation of offshore Wave Energy Converters. 5,2 km2 area located close to Lemoiz (Bay of Biscay) Water depth between 50-90 m. Closest point to land 1,7km far. Overall power of 20 MW. 4 test berths or power connection units of 13,2 kv and 5 MW. Each berth connected to onshore substation via a subsea cable. Easy connection / disconnection of WECs. Onshore substation. Research and data centre. Estimated budget of 20 M.
European R+D initiatives Objective: to establish a set of equitable and transparent criteria for the evaluation of multipurpose platforms for marine renewable energy. Led by Acciona Energy with 19 partners from 12 countries. Marine Renewable Integrated Application Platform www.marina-platform.info
European R+D initiatives Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network www.fp7-marinet.eu Infrastructure initiative, funded by the EC, which aims to accelerate the development of marine renewable energy by bringing together world-class testing facilities at all scales to coordinate focussed R&D. Access to 42 labs 700 weeks, 300 projects, 800 users
European R+D initiatives Research Themes: Resource Devices and Technology Deployment and Operations Environmental Impact EERA Ocean Energy Joint Programme Socio-economic Impact Research Infrastructure, Education and Training Participants: SuperGen Marine (UK-Coord.) TECNALIA (ES) WavEC (PT) IFREMER (FR) ENEA (IT) HMRC (IE) SINTEF/MARINTEK (NO) Fraunhofer IWES (DE) www.eera-set.eu
Conclusions Ocean Energy has the potential to make a significant contribution to a low-carbon energy generation and a sustainable economic growth. The development of Ocean Energy is now moving towards an emerging industry, with opportunities of rationalization for traditional sectors. Most of the technologies are not commercially available. Three main challenges have to be overcome for the consolidation of this sector: developers should offer proven technology to achieve efficient and reliable energy generation governments have to ensure attractive and stable funding mechanisms to attract long term private investment research and innovation should be primarily oriented to accelerate technology cost reduction and risk limitation
Thank you for listening! Jose Luis Villate Marine Energy Manager TECNALIA joseluis.villate@tecnalia.com Bilbao Marine Energy Week Save the date! 15-19 April 2013